Description: Cross-cultural Existentialism : On the Meaning of Life in Asian and Western Thought, Paperback by Kalmanson, Leah, ISBN 135020563X, ISBN-13 9781350205635, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Engaging in existential discourse beyond the European tradition, this book turns to Asian philosophies to reassess vital questions of lifes purpose, deaths imminence, and our capacity for living meaningfully in conditions of uncertainty.
Inspired by the dilemmas of European existentialism, this cross-cultural study seeks concrete techniques for existential practice via the philosophies of East Asia. The investigation begins with the provocative writings of twentieth-century Korean Buddhist nun Kim Iryop, who asserts that meditative concentration conducts a potent energy outward throughout the entire karmic network, enabling the radical transformation of our shared existential conditions. Understanding her claim requires a look at East Asian sources more broadly. Considering practices as diverse as Buddhist merit-making ceremonies, Confucian/Ruist methods for self-cultivation, the ritual memorization and recitation of texts, and Yijing divination, th concludes by advocating a speculative turn. This speculative existentialism counters the suspicion toward metaphysics characteristic of twentieth-century European existential thought and, at the same time, advances a program for action. It is not a how-to guide for living, but rather a philosophical methodology that takes seriously the power of mental cultivation to transform the meaning of the life that we share.
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Book Title: Cross-cultural Existentialism : On the Meaning of Life in Asian a
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: Cross-Cultural Existentialism : on the Meaning of Life in Asian and Western Thought
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Movements / Existentialism, General, Eastern
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy
Author: Leah Kalmanson
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
